Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

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